Merced-San Francisco-Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Kylberg, H. 1865 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

H. KYLBERG, M. D.

   It would be hard to find a man more thoroughly in accord with the times, or
more keenly alive to the great work to be done in this generation to help
forward world affairs and scientific construction work than Dr. Kylberg. Besides
being eminent in his profession as a physician and surgeon, he has given much
time and thought, and unlimited energy, to help with projects for his district
which are unlimited in the scope of their effect on posterity; projects which
required the aid of a man big enough to see their ultimate object, and to push
forward to success over and through all obstacles. The bill which he introduced
and put through the State legislature and which made possible the Merced
Irrigation District, and was passed over great opposition, is just one instance
of the true caliber of the man, who, though born in a far country, has been an
important factor in California's growth.

   A native of Kalmar, born October 16, 1865, on the Baltic Sea in Sweden, Dr.
Kylberg was educated in Gothenberg, Sweden and began his medical education in
London, England. After coming to this country he was graduated from the
California Medical College, in San Francisco, in 1893, and took a post-graduate
course in London hospitals. He practiced in San Francisco until 1899, and was
professor of surgical anatomy in the California Medical College there for two
years. He then was located in Calaveras and Mariposa Counties for a time, in the
practice of his profession. Coming to Merced County in 1910, for five years Dr.
Kylberg was surgeon for the Yosemite Lumber Company at Merced Falls. An expert
in bone surgery, he performed bone grafting operations with great success, and
became prominent in that line of work.

   A deep student, the Doctor knows the value of keeping abreast of the times in
scientific work, and he has taken post-graduate courses in Chicago and New York
hospitals, and also with those internationally known surgeons, the Mayo
Brothers, of Rochester, Minn., taking a post-graduate course with them in 1923.
During his practice in California he has been county physician of Mariposa and
Merced Counties, and city health officer of Merced City.

   A member of the State legislature in 1917-18, representing Merced and Madera
Counties, Dr. Kylberg introduced the bill in the Assembly for the Merced
Irrigation District, and labored until it was passed. Great opposition
developed, and it meant work early and late to put through what is now
considered the most important project for future development work that has ever
been instituted in Merced County, and with far-reaching effect throughout the
State. Other bills were introduced and passed with the aid of Dr. Kylberg, among
them the bill for the County Tubercular Sanitarium. He is known as a thoroughly
public-spirited man, working for the benefit of his district at all times.

   Dr. Kylberg married Miss Juanina Costa, a native of Honolulu. One son by a
former marriage, Brother L. Kylberg, was a law student at Stanford University,
graduate of Class of 1925. Prominent fraternally, the Doctor belongs to the
Mariposa Lodge of Masons, and for ten years was inspector of the Masonic
District comprising Mariposa, Merced and Stanislaus Counties; he belongs to
Merced Chapter No. 12, R. A. M., and Modesto Commandery No. 57, K. T. He is a
Past Exalted Ruler of Merced Lodge 1240, B. P. O. E. He is known throughout the
Valley for his success as a physician and surgeon, and as a man of fine
principle and attainment. For six years he acted as secretary of the Merced
County Medical Association, and has proven his worth by giving always of his
time and energy to help in the civic and welfare work of the county at large.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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